Innovatrics Facial Recognition on the Edge Enables Advanced Video Processing Even in Remote Areas

Innovatrics is creating waves in edge processing. Our innovations are pushing its boundaries to the next level, shifting all our facial recognition operations on the system-on-chip (SoC), as well as system-on-module (SoM), in order to process video streams completely offline including all biometric processes needed to identify a user such as detection, extraction and matching. SmartFace Embedded opens up a wide range of deployment options including areas without any internet coverage with performance similar to regular graphical cards.

SmartFace facial recognition platform can support real-time video analysis and facial identification from an unlimited number of cameras and other video sources. Until recently, such operations could only be processed on servers due to the capacity limitations of available chips. Our most recent advancements allow these facial recognition operations even without upgrades to the existing infrastructure. They can now be performed directly in the cameras and AI boxes, utilizing their neural processing units.

Acting as the main console, SmartFace Platform aggregates all the notifications from particular cameras. This is crucial for the effective management of every camera belonging to the system, watchlist, notifications preview, data analysis, face search, and the like. Although the central console is often performed by the solution vendor, SmartFace facial recognition platform stands out among the alternatives as it offers a ready-to-use system for central management and edge devices. 

With our edge processing, high-capacity servers with powerful GPUs are no longer a requirement to deploy face recognition in securing premises and public areas since the heavy lifting is shifted to the edge. As such, the existing infrastructure is often sufficient enough to support a high-performance security or access control system with low power consumption at a fraction of the cost. This can lead to significant reduction in hardware costs by up to 50%, network offload and cost savings, and more flexible deployment options, while maintaining the overall performance on the same level as a GPU-dedicated server.

Running either on premise or in the cloud, SmartFace allows users to manage every camera, AI box and watchlist directly in the field. What’s more, cameras can be used in remote locations with SmartFace Embedded even without internet connection which can be ideal for border control applications. Liveness detection is slated to be added as an extra layer of securing premises.

Learn more how we can help you with our best-in-class biometric technologies. Schedule the meeting Innovatrics team at Intersec 2023 on January 17-19 at the Dubai World Trade Centre at booth no. SA-E28.